Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Subject: Police raids--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Albert Smith, Jerry Ramlow, and Barney Bernard with equipment confiscated from a police raid on the residence at 1019 North Doheny Road on the night of January 4, 1938. The house was apparently operating as a casino for two weeks before tuxedo-clad policemen infiltrated the party and confiscated gambling equipment, $1755 in cash, and arrested seven men. Almost a hundred others, including high profile film actors and producers, were found at the residence.
Date:: January 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: At center, from left to right, Paul McDonald and Joe Shapiro sit behind a table or desk in the District Attorney's office after being brought in for questioning on racketeering charges. At far right, Claude Forbes leans over the table and reaches for McDonald. McDonald and Forbes appear to be in a fight. McDonald swings his arm upward towards Forbes. Meanwhile, Forbes grabs at a handkerchief or cloth held by McDonald. Between them, Shapiro sits back with his eyes closed. A wall and window at right stretch behind them.
Date:: [circa February 27, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Jolin holds a sledge hammer over the basement's concrete wall.
Date:: December 16, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arnott, Andrew Hugh, 1905-1985
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Similar photograph appears with the article, "Bookies Gone When Police Raid Wilshire Area Flats," Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec 1938: A3.
Date:: December 16, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Arnott, Andrew Hugh, 1905-1985
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Nine men were arrested from a downtown office for varying the famed numbers racket that had been operated for years in New York and other eastern cities by the late "Dutch" Schultz.
Date:: February 21, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph appears with the set of photographs, "Raid By Sheriff's And District Attorney's Offices Ends Dollar Chain of Thriving "Own-A-New-Car" Club," Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec 1935: 22.
Date:: December 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The dollar chain "Own-a-New-Car-Club" has been put to an end by a raiding party from the Sherriff's and District Attorney's offices. Charles Dalrymple, proprietor, and Ione Laskey, Michael Laskey, Ruth Weipert, Lucille Donato, and Rolland Dalrymple were taken in for questioning.
Date:: December 12, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph is likely related to the article, “Fist Fights Mark Raids,” Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct 1935: 1.
Date:: October 7, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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